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Just another WordPress weblogFri, 16 Mar 2018 15:58:22 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8.5Presentation at the Scholem Aleichem Elementary School in Buenos Aireshttp://www.raoulwallenberg.net/education/highs/school/activities/presentation-at-the-scholem-aleichem-elementary-school-in-buenos-aires/
Fri, 03 Nov 2017 18:13:09 +0000http://www.raoulwallenberg.net/?p=1101055230/In the framework of the Wallenberg Foundation’s educational program, a special lecture took place at the Scholem Aleichem Elementary School in Buenos Aires.

Mr. Danny Rainer, head of the Israeli representation of the foundation spoke before 50 fifth-graders about Raoul Wallenberg and the mission of the foundation bearing the name of the Swedish hero.

The 45 minute presentation featured the interactive participation of the pupils, who were for the first time introduced to Wallenberg and the other rescuers and a dynamic round of questions and answers followed-suit.

At the end of the lecture, Rainer concluded: “In a few words, the mission of our foundation is to recognize goodness and be grateful to those who helped save the lives of thousands persecuted, during the Holocaust and other humanitarian conflicts, current and past. By paying tribute to Wallenberg and his likes, that is precisely what we do”.

The Headmaster of the school, Professor Rut Jarmatz thanked Mr. Rainer and the Wallenberg Foundation for the valuable presentation.

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Wed, 01 Jan 2003 00:00:00 +0000http://www.raoulwallenberg.net/?p=1001A new presentation of the educational program ”Wallenberg at School” was made, with the participation of students of forth and fifth grades of the NEA 2000 secondary school in the Belgrano area of the city Buenos Aires.

”The dynamics of the presentation have been remarkable”, pointed out the teacher Irene Castro, who with her colleague Mabel Castañeda, actively took part in the exchange of ideas and reflections proposed by the IRWF volunteers Jean Pierre Bendahan and Nicholas Tozer.

The Principal of NEA 2000, Mrs. Marta Salonia, invited the Wallenberg Foundation to continue with the program later in the year.

During 80 minutes the students’ most common questions were: ”How can we apply Wallenberg’s example to our reality?” ”Is it really possible to change reality by actively participating to modify its injustices?”

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Wed, 01 Jan 2003 00:00:00 +0000http://www.raoulwallenberg.net/?p=999The International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation inaugurated its educational program ”Wallenberg at School”, an initiative with the aim of preserving individual freedoms by taking as role models the actions of solidarity of thousands of savior during the Second World War.

Under Jean Pierre Bendahan‘s coordination, who is a volunteer of the IRWF, and based on a Natalio Wengrower‘s idea, who is the vice-president of the institution, the first presentation at the Secondary School ”Project Three” took place in the town of Nuñez. With the presence of a large crowd of students who actively participated, the guest for the occasion, the journalist Nicholas Tozer, told Wallenberg’s story and those of many other cases of diplomatic saviors in the Second World War.

The students joined the lecture with questions encouraged from the educational material they were provided with.

The initiative counted with the support of the principal of the institution, Francisco D’Agostino (photograph), who warmly welcomed the delegates of the Wallenberg Foundation and attended the lecture attentively.

The inauguration of the program was successful, given the results of active and interested participation of the students to a case that moves essential human values.

Under Jean Pierre Bendahan‘s coordination, a volunteer of the IRWF, and based on a Natalio Wengrower‘s idea, who is the vice-president of the institution, took place a new presentation of the Educational Center ”Nuevo Horizonte” in the town of Constitución. With the presence of a large crowd of students who actively participated of the debate which followed the lecture, the special guest of the occasion, the journalist Nicholas Tozer, told the stories of many other cases such as Wallenberg’s. In particular, he stressed the story of the hero of the Polish underground Jan Karski, who was the first eyewitness to offer testimony to the allied forces about the Holocaust.

During 80 minutes the students’ most common questions were: ”How can we apply Wallenberg’s example to our reality?” ”Is it really possible to change reality by actively participating to modify its injustices?”The initiative counted with the support of the principal of the institution, Beatriz Montes de Oca (photograph), who will prepare a poll so that students participate and give their opinions and suggestions in order to improve the program.